Courts

District Court Cuddalore :

THE HISTORY OF DISTRICT COURT :

Cuddalore district previously known as SOUTH ARCOT District.the first District and Sessions Judge of Cuddalore who was directly came from London as per the records found in Madras District Gazette year : 1868, Volume: 1533, page :215 and 216 dated : 25.08.1868. Further under Madras Gazette 1873 Volume 146 dated 18.02.1873 pages 78 and 79, again Sadar Ameen[at] Zilla Court was started to function as combined Civil and Sessions Courts. After that continuously the District Civil and Sessions Court was functioned. It was came to know that these way the Civil and Criminal Courts are functioned continuously from the year of 1864 to 1873. It was found from the stone laid at the top of the old District Court as 1866 A.D which was constructed at the British Rigim. The miracles made by the Ramalinga swamigal at the time of appearance before the District Munsif Court at Cuddalore was known from vallalar.net

There are 42 courts functioning in the Cuddalore District both Civil and Criminal Units: